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Non-real zeros of derivatives of real meromorphic functions of infinite order
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 September 2010
Abstract
Let f be a real meromorphic function of infinite order in the plane, with finitely many zeros and non-real poles. Then f″ has infinitely many non-real zeros.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 150 , Issue 2 , March 2011 , pp. 343 - 351
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